Friday, November 25, 2016

Less than 3 percent of Ithaca College professors identify as Republicans - The College Fix:"Ithaca College has a total of 10 Republican professors between three schools: humanities, sciences and business — and four of the 10 teach in the much smaller School of Business, a survey of professors’ party registrations reveals.
Of the 27 departments researched, many lacked even one Republican professor, including the History, Philosophy and Religion, and Politics departments.
Overall, 46.5 percent of professors researched are registered as Democrats, while only 2.6 percent are registered Republicans.
In total, 182 Democrat professors were identified compared to 10 Republican professors, a ratio of nearly 20 to one.
Asked about the slant, a university spokesman told The College Fix in an e-mail “We neither ask about nor keep track of the political affiliations of our faculty members.”
Many of the Republican professors at Ithaca were e-mailed by The College Fix to ask for confirmation and comment on being one of the few Republicans at the university — and the ones who did reply indicated they were too nervous to speak publicly about their political leanings...